It goes without saying the death of Jules Bianchi has cast a shadow over Formula 1.
Even as Bianchi clung to life at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in his home city of Nice, there was at least a glimmer of hope he would - by some miracle - pull through.
So when news emerged in the early hours of Saturday morning he had passed away after a nine-month battle for survival following his horrific crash in last year's Japanese Grand Prix, the shockwaves were still seismic.
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